AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 24 August 1918, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

_ + KING'S THEATRE. To-night the highly sensational picture, "The Eussian Bevolution." will be shown. High enterprise was shown by the Bio Company when it obtained special permission to film the- events of the Bussian Bevolution from Kerensky himself. The cameraman's task was no enviable one, as he traversed the storm-tossed capital of Bussia, obtaining one scene after another of the great rising. No vital, place, person or happening has been missed, and one is transported, as one watches the unfolding of the incid-ents,-.to Petrograd itself. Snamensky Square where the first shot was fired in the revolution is one of the early scenes, and then the fights between the armoured cars of the revolutionists and the police hidden in the roofs of the high buildings follow. The Czar's-'palace' with; its coat of arms covered with' J the. Ted favours: of the movement is ; shown, and the great Moscovsky and Alexandra Nevsky police stations are discovered, wrecked, and smashed by the populace. Keren-, •sky himself is shown addressing the huge convention which assembled after the first success. Most of the other Eussian notables who were prominent at the time are also shown. "Keystone" has now passed into the language as a current move for ia fast moving spell of fun, and in "Oriental Love," will be found one of the spiciest, raciest and swiftest of the bunch. No. 9 of " The Secret Kingdom, '' Gazette, etc., will also be shown This progi-ammc will also be screened at the Matinee in the afternoon.

THE ENGLISH PIERROTS

TOWN HALL, TO-NIGHT.

The many who- retain pleasant recollections of previous visit of the English Pierrots will welcome, no doubt, the return of his clever and versatile combination, who are announced to .make their appearance at the. Town Hall,\ to-night,; when they will again present their, unique entertainments of music, mirth, and melody, consisting of the very latest songs, dances, original sketches, quartettes, concerted numbers, which comprise most enjoyable entertainments. The company is still headed by that very droll comedian, W. P. Turner, and the dainty comedienne, Miss Elsa iLangley, supported by a company of accomplished artists—ten in all—and the management claim that the English Pierrots, are one of the brightest and most up-to-date combinations in Australasian, where the success of fourteen years is still verified by the press and publie. The English Pierrots' methods of presenting their excellent bill-of-fare r,ro both original and novel, and patios are promised good music, inter-, mingled with plenty of wholesome fun and humour. Miss Billie Wilson, soubrette, who specialises in child impersonations, is still a member of the company. During the Pierrots' recent Sydney season the Bulletin criticised Mis Wilson's impersonations as being "decidedly" clever and away from j the sterotyped versions. The English Pierrots come with excellent cred- , entials, and a reputation built on genuine merit?" a more enjoyable performance would be difficult to imagine, and tho company's appearance is being awaited with pleasurable anticipation. The box plan is now v/pen at Swedlund's Music Warehouse, and at the Town Hall.